selecting ALL lines in list field

Terry Vogelaar terry at discovery.nl
Sat May 18 11:55:01 EDT 2002


>> select line 1 to -1 of field myField
> 
> Thanks!  That works fine with no repeats.  I'm not sure how it works. I
> don't really understand it.  But thanks!

Well, -1 means "last". You can use this in several other ways. Like when you
want to remove the 3-character-extension of a file name, you can type:

delete char -4 to -1 of "filename.jpg"

Terry





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